What's your favorite thing about night diving?

[love2godeep]

I'm writing a series of articles on my diving experiences, including one on night diving. I thought it would be fun to include some of your perspectives on what you like best about night diving. Beyond that, it would just be fun to hear what you have to say. So please do respond.

Thanks!

P.S. For any of you having an OOA experience to think that someone with not quite 100 dives could write about diving, this is strictly from the non-professional perspective of someone who has nevertheless dived a lot of places and had more than her share of unusual underwater experiences.

 

[dpbishop]

My favorite thing about night diving is the 12 foot great white that stays just outside the range of my light. I can't see it but I know it's there.

 

[spectrum]

The different critters and diving in the small intimate space defned by my dive light. As much as diving lets you leave the surface behind, night diving lets most of the underwater world fade away too.

 

[Burnsie]

My favorite thing about night diving is the 12 foot great white that stays just outside the range of my light. I can't see it but I know it's there.

x2


Realizing I just fell a few links farther down the food chain...


Also, if I'm with a big group, turning my light off. I love that perspective.

 

[don Francisco]

Saturday night when all the critters come out and PARTY!

Seriously, the reef is totally different at night. The fresh look is like being someplace for the first time. It's also interesting to see how certain creatures react to the light.

In Saba, one night I had a baby nurse shark start to use my narrowly focused light to hunt by. It was so attracted to the light that I was able to lead it around the reef by the spot like a dog on a leash. It stayed with me the whole dive & I had to be very careful not to leave the light on say, an octopus for any length of time, lest the shark snag an easy meal.

 

[Clammy]

Diving the same spot and feeling like I'm at a totally different spot.

Knowing that daylight is NOT a limiting factor in my diving.

 

[OBXDIVEGUY]

Since I'm mostly focused on only where the light shines, I seem to be more relaxed and enjoy the dive more. It must be since I'm concentrating on a smaller area, I may not kick around as much, but my air always lasts alot longer on night dives. I really do feel calmer and enjoy the sights more.

 

[robint]

my favorite part of night diving is watching the "night shift" come out and start hunting. They are not shy usually and do not mind if you follow along with your dive light watching the action. Really cool to find an eel darting in and out of the reef crevices and coming out with a fish in his mouth! Or watching an octopus tent up over a coralhead opening and reach down under and grab something. Very cool to watch.
you never know what you will see.....Night dives ROCK!

 

[fairybasslet]

I think it's the closest you can feel to being in outer space without leaving Earth. Plus playing with the phosphorescence is cool.

 

[JJM1631]

I agree with some of the previous posts. I seem to be more calm and relaxed at night. I can only see what my light is on, so im moving around less...breathing slows...just very relaxed at night.